3rd Tortoise Festival was organised on the banks of Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of Assam by Dima Hasao Environment and Forest Department.

The initiative is aimed at creating an awareness among the people of the neighbouring villages about the safety of the endangered tortoise species available in the area.

Hajong lake, a unique tortoise habitat, is situated 80 kilometres north of Haflong in the remote Dima Hasao district. It is the only natural tortoise habitat in Assam, where some endangered species of tide-water tortoise of north-east India are still living in a hostile condition of ever-growing human intervention in their habitats.